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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard R Prather, Richfield, MN (US);
Thomas R Hektner, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Assignee:
Scimed Life Systems, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128772 ; 128657 ; 604164 ; 604283 ;
Abstract
A guide wire, and methods of use thereof, comprising a main part, an extension part, and a connector. The connector connects the main part to the extension part such that the main part and the extension part can be rotated relative to each other.